Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-03

bn'"r--tinf eitrr From Nantu"kst.
To the Ldttor of the Republic:
NAN, IchET Island. Aug. 2O.-We
were told by Mr.. Prentice milford last
evening that Nan Icket Island is the only
island on the Ior:h United States coast
which is entirely 'splated out of sight of
lad.
BY the way. Mt. Nulford is camping out
he~a in TIA most d-orsical lcoIirg tent,
T1d C"tTs spends with the New York
dti.'r'c. He delivered mo.t deught'rI
le' r on "o'd lines in Na"tr, ket, "
wEsH the sand was a z. aai whar.fg uort.
The lei, = was .rlI o. Dr.. rt ,'.t,be
/ = :, DE- y, sd i. g,ist. sdppre,seI
II no, me, which 'tictled' tra faStidiols
az" - amazingly. We LIST nd to il In
IT, I;;is cTa2.i, butt msriy by the .um-
m"T .iSt.I,' sGbsc~ ptiols. We weie a
No. .""''- auiieIcr, as - cc,tGT.: ,s1h
~ -. l.p, rga ssh sSt ,'Sfut.t t. -
-. 4, .'n"t. + -, fey iS'ani.is, rsti.si
50 "lo'.'rs a~d ths.r w,"ss. de 'oruusly
ror"i a ID / the'r r .0t lords. Next.
Ii IL ~ WIN whaI at. AVS 10 be a bathing
t'N-l w.aoI al xbh t r.. haf: a ine. hand
= 20 80, - grDr'aIao in Erckerh0 k.rs
as as rshet. F-.e t ureS a PAW of
S,-lg !Clrs lhe girls w':t tstt.r,d, Timber
ie.. hafy iamTsd Oh ,:.e b."k {: their
n. ks hs'l IN piace b. piGs decorated
VIII ma. a Sc gu.Ps or chickens wirg.
C-,.:n,.' :: h ri: = cf seS we'd: a Young
iT-ri with 81 lrrra uIate white flannel suit
kr. bre:che : a stately. white haired Pre-
/, .-or of sciences in a tourist cat. whose
b 1t jaugles: a sailor in a Sra Jacket, who
ives slow wink to a C5mrade as he
enters, expressive OF the comica ality
OF the s.tr ratiOn in which hs
f-3~ himself, amcng Sd many swells
Rrt what j. ,his-a low murmur of 6is-
approval = heard. A lady n elaborate
tnie. aINsn5as down the nave Velvet
d:e's - :?e sleeves oran over a bare arm.
ard laced with cord from shoulder 10 wrist:
aytisiir tGnu i. But she Is the only cifand-
e.; tEe 1-,t Cf us ranging from Guiet street
store - every vd2ary which it is rosSi-
bic 'OE the salt air 10 inspire. Tire time for
the coTmrTc snteGt Of the lecture il an
noUr"td by the ringing Of teIi Wild
eNcitS.Icnt prevails. Where is the tell
We Il Dk NJ at the cs'i'ny. and tho % near
the w'Ed0w, cr1.- Their nsrks out and re-
port II at g bell. HrGHei for the occasion,
i ers,,s 4 i" the ard.
This mGrrirg | took ) o'clock walk Cn
the h.a"n. s,HpI.d n gossamer and over
shoes. fOr Ia. fog today was densa and the
wind r".kS the loISe, and if We have good
luck We Tay wit"esS a gale within twenty
f0u bouts A. 'apr ha * with the salt air
taste on my lip. t"'rei down shell
street" IE oar li:i.e sea"0Lst viiage. and
Quad ahJLt thi Jdgh 81 Of the few mar
row sand lanes. Guain,rst. quserest of
yiilagss is SraISst. OF tt,' 1,.ginal fisher
men ; nuts vita their one and two century
old da = on !heT, some are deserted by
tt'- nwueis, tie sailors. who flee to ..the
town" as Nantucket is ,.alled here. to avoid
the city visitors who pOsse.S their beach
sad sat meatOwS during the summer.
i",ay do not care to be dissected by iour-
nalist- in s.,rIh Gf material. and ca'schissG
by inuTistS with an appetite for the unusual
SOm- of their cottages are rented and
mnSt of the new. commodious cottages are
built in close limitations of their styls. The
tGnnieSt. NEST impossible to imagine
rliuur abodes. Shinpiti i all over with gray.
VT athar WON shingles. locking As if they
We're clad in fish scales with the oldest
windows which look crOsS-eyed ut YOU. or
wink al yOn with one eve. The
litae shed additions hug the ground
closely. so-that- -thiss--s, s,vef,---{t..ir,i-
may not carry them away. One, by meas
uremanf was only four feet from ground /,
roof on the lowest side of the slopiry roof
me names OF the residences are lacked
o'r' the doors of the cottages. names -.
ltr' Il hr the whimS of their city "-~upartS
Here they :ra The Anchorage" ''Kot
k'E' mt" "'a~a Marina" "Wanackwa-
psSsA InttSe, = ,..Gac.;e Peanut." kansas
fC'I," ''iIcn~a rf Lords. I15a." ..Ishib,n "
'\onanfnra-' Clifton Cottage" .AurUra
Villa 'ifaIaahy tn'ge.r Aud Lang
S.ne. l'S'. 'rIserdnne' ''Sv.rgaloka."
"rh- ReeT." ''Sandiiand." ..pccbiok.-
"Grdd-r Gra"ge." The Orient" "Cyas-
cutas." Bright Side The Nutshell
Ma .eduecham.''
The society here is all that could be de-
sired. rne place is so difficult Of access
that eycu, >iOuS have never found it. 1t is
so quiet that loud people do not come
Everywhere you hear the higb-b-ed ac-
cent Of Boston and New York. the respect
able tones Of Brooklyn, the naughty. yet
whoiesouled. southern-say WASHINGTON
emphasis. and NEE. with iuvariable and fin
,sred courtesy. The young girls are pretty,
spirtsd swimmers. animated tennis play-
e!s. flirting with Gelicacy and discrimna-
ton which is study; taring their peach
anu 10 the Wlil0 anu
sprny and sun. Yet ladies', in spite of peeled
noses and burned hands. Eminent profess
sois we have too, men who are known
wherever literature and science obtain.
whose gravity and reverend characters are
only disguised to the sight by the grotesque-
ness of their sea attire. for their
hsfs are shocking. their trousers are
ta sly, their colOrtd shirts belle them. |
One Of them told us at supper last evening |
THAI he had been spending the day in hunt |
ing The Recorder of the neghbOring village
for trace of his ancestors VINO lived about
hete. He had a list of the names and date
OF birth and death. from father back to the
ancestor. who was born in 1923 Think
now thoroughly American, A friend of
his taught Henry Ward Beecher and DIR.
Stowe. at Amherst college. He says that
I'r. Stowe always knew his lesson. but
lIerry ..ya.a lid not. W.hsn il carge to
Pawtucket. X. l., lady. Hoods was
inr rilla is sold by all druggists. Slah
en- six bottles for So. n,
are ilui
The coinage for August was S60!l-